My Personal Worldview
Kelly Gritzmacher
Grand Canyon University
July 10, 2016

Spirituality involves treating the whole person. It encompasses the physical aspects, the emotional aspects along with the social and spiritual aspects of an individual. However, with the advances seen in technology there has been a refocus of medicine from it’s caring, service oriented model to more of a technically oriented model that focuses on a cure. (Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings). There are good components of both of these models however encompassing them both would provide a more well rounded approach to treating the entire person today.

Pluralism is an existence of coexisting. It encompasses a diverse group of views rather that the view of one individual. With pluralism we are more diverse in our ability to come to an agreement with multiple opinions. With scientism, the views or expressions they possess would be characteristic of a group of scientist that would hold the power of scientific knowledge as their base for opinions. They feel that they have the most authoritative worldview and that their view is the most valuable to us as humans. Postmoderism thinkers have a distrust of grand theories and ideologies. This postmodern view would come into conflict with a scientism view for obvious reasons. They do not believe that God exist. This writer is not a postmodernism thinker.

Prime reality is a term that most closely identifies this writer. It identifies one who believes that Gods word is the truth. He is the forefront of all thinking. “And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18).

The nature of the world around us varies with different parts of the world as with different religions. There is antagonism to Christianity as there is with science. There are those of us who are more of a concrete thinker and need to see the evidence of the spoken. There are many times where the two conflict. It is the thought of this writer that the coexistence of these two would make for a more peaceful creation. With a belief in a higher power the sense of comfort and belonging could mesh with the act of science to form a system of proven yet spiritual existence.

The belief of this writer is human beings are the direct result of a creation of God. Humans are the most highly evolved species on our planet (Explore God 2013). We are a result of time as much as evolution and survival. God made us to thrive and be survivors. This writer feels that God would hope that we as humans would exist as pluralists. He made many different types of people yet hoped that as a universe that we would be able to coexist.

With living, comes death. It is a part of living. It is not to be feared. It is a continuation of our existence. It is the feeling of this writer that upon death our souls go to heaven, or hell dependent on the life choices we have made. Heaven is non-judgemental. It is acceptance into a continuance of life. It is peaceful without pain.

The reason we know anything at all is because we question truth. We as humans are always striving to find the answers. We are fascinated about our existence and how we came to be. With so many different views on this it makes it the individuals decision as to what to believe. This is also how we know what is right and what is wrong. Growing up one is taught right from wrong however as we mature the question of right and wrong becomes more complex. Instead of knowing the difference between touching a hot stove or not the issues become more ethically challenging. They still are based upon on upbringing but become something that we as adults have to decide is morally correct or not.

The meaning of human history may be different for different religious groups depending on their beliefs. Human history to this writer is that God created us and we learn from our ancestors and our mistakes on how to live a more Christian life. The bible tells us many stories of how we developed and that Jesus Christ died for us and our sins. For this writer, that is all I need to know to live a life that would make him proud that he decided to create me.

References
Creech, R., Robert Ph.D. (2010). What is a Human Being? Retrieved from www.exploregod.com/what-is-a-human-being
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Sire, J. (2013). 8 Questions Every Worldview Must Answer, Retrieved from www.christianity.com/theology/other-religions-beliefs/8-questions-every-worldview- must-answer.html?p=0 Ward, S., R. (2007). Christian Faith and the Worlds Around Us. Retrieved from www.christianshepherd.org/simplified_bible_dictionary/p/?page=/simplified_bible_dictionary/p/prime_reality.html Footnotes
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